Morgan: Texas A&M deserves more coverage in Sports section

9:46 PM,
Sep. 16, 2013

Written by

Ann V. Morgan
Shreveport

After Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last year, I was optimistic that Texas A&M football would finally get long overdue coverage in the sports section of The Times. Obviously I was wrong.

The Texas A&M Aggies, then ranked 7th, won (Saturday, Aug. 31) over un-ranked Rice 52-31. While I'm not proud of Manziel's behavior, we won. The 7-inch story, which focused on Manziel's conduct and not the game, was on page three of the sports section (Sunday, Sept. 1). There were no photos. (It's important to note that A&M has the integrity to police its own - the administration did not ...